Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sampled children and their mothers, Bule Hora district, 2013 (n = 778)
Variables | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Oromo | 696(89.5) |
Gedeo | 50(6.4) | |
Gurage | 14(1.8) | |
Amhara | 11(1.4) | |
Burji and Koyira | 7(0.9) | |
Marital status | Married | 714(91.8) |
Divorced | 25(3.2) | |
Widowed | 33(4.2) | |
Single | 6(0.8) | |
Maternal education | Illiterate | 497(63.9) |
Primary | 239(30.7) | |
Secondary | 34(4.4) | |
Certificate & Diploma | 8(1.1) | |
Maternal age (in years) | 15-19 | 10(1.3) |
20-24 | 73(9.4) | |
25-29 | 262(33.7) | |
30-34 | 190(24.4) | |
35-39 | 148(19.0) | |
40-44 | 86(11.1) | |
>44 | 9(1.2) | |
Family size | 2-5 | 350(45) |
>5 | 428(55) | |
Numbers of under-children five in HH | 1 | 359(46.1) |
2 | 373(47.9) | |
3-4 | 46(6) | |
Child sex | Male | 384(49.4) |
Female | 394(50.6) | |
Child age (in months) | 6-11 | 123(15.8) |
12-23 | 189(24.3) | |
24-35 | 160(20.6) | |
36-47 | 188(24.2) | |
48-59 | 118(15.2) | |
Child birth order | 1 | 151(19.4) |
2-4 | 361(46.4) | |
>4 | 266(34.2) | |